“We haven’t had any kind of an assessment from the Crown or anything, so we wouldn’t comment on any steps further.”

The Boushie family is seeking an appeal and an investigation into what they consider a mishandling of the case from the moment the man from the Red Pheasant First Nation was shot.

“Obviously, a judicial inquiry and royal commission needs to happen as well. And I think we need to have a serious conversation about race in this province,” said David Pratt, vice-chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations.